Re: [Stoves] ash layer beneath fire

2014-01-27 Thread Musungu Wycliffe Nabutola
Dear Mr. Okello, We have been using Vermiculite for that. Best regards, Musungu Wycliffe. Reecon From: Stoves [mailto:stoves-boun...@lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Vincent Okello Sent: 22 January 2014 13:36 To: stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org Subject: [Stoves] ash layer beneath

Re: [Stoves] ash layer beneath fire

2014-01-27 Thread Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
Dear Vincent The question was prompted by the overall need to stop the heat in the firebox from reaching the foundation (made of clay) and burning it up. Something you can try is the system used in the StOvs Cooker from Senegal. When you visited (in the past) the bioenergylists.org website

Re: [Stoves] ash layer beneath fire

2014-01-27 Thread Vincent Okello
Dear folks, Very interesting proposals, and much appreciated. The question was prompted by the overall need to stop the heat in the firebox from reaching the foundation (made of clay) and burning it up. As we install the liners in kitchens that have been using three stone open fires we find

[Stoves] Darfur carbon

2014-01-27 Thread Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
Dear Friends The project described at http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2014/01/22/carbon-finance-plays-its-part- in-empowering-women-and-saving-lives/ discusses the LPG project in Darfur that has received Carbon Financing. Two things stand out in this, the first being the cost of getting

Re: [Stoves] [Gasification] Mk2 Chip Guillotine

2014-01-27 Thread Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
Dear Darius and Kevin and All (but not Andrew in the UK!) This is an ideal application for low grade solar. A Canadian farmer John Currelley, now in Haiti for many years, built a south-facing solar collector on the metal storage silo (not a particularly big one) in which he kept his maize

Re: [Stoves] Report on second day at Ethos

2014-01-27 Thread Nolbert Muhumuza
Thanks a lot for the updates Ron. Sounds mouth-watering! All the best, Nolbert. 2014-01-27, Ronal W. Larson rongretlar...@comcast.net: List Ethos’s second day was handled in a different way this year - all plenary style mostly group discussion. (All meal breaks at 2 hours to encourage

[Stoves] Thoughts from ETHOS meeting ending yesterday

2014-01-27 Thread Ronal W. Larson
List: ETHOS 2014 Thoughts (a data dump - see also two earlier on first two days - none of my thoughts there. Hope others will add their thoughts - especially those who were going on to Cottage Grove for three-four days of further dialog This mainly being done to keep Tom

Re: [Stoves] Thoughts from ETHOS meeting ending yesterday

2014-01-27 Thread Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
Dear Ron My compliments for breaking things into relevant sections. Very understandable. It would be nice to have a new discussion session here per week with a new topic each Monday. There is much to report from around the world one each of these items, both major and minor. Thanks

Re: [Stoves] Thoughts from ETHOS meeting ending yesterday

2014-01-27 Thread Tom Miles
Ron, Many people who have usually attended ETHOS are familiar with this list and go on and off the list depending on their needs. For some the list is just too demanding to keep up with daily but we can reach them easily. We might invite some in if we are discussing a topic that matches their